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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: JandS on April 29, 2011, 07:55:14 pm
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Which cleaning company sells these or
do you buy direct?
John
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Think there was a business in the New Mills area which was an Envirodri agent - cant remember the name though. Means that they are sold other then direct from Envirodri.
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if your using it for prespray agitation then buy second hand john. put an add in the wanted section, state what you wanna pay (be realistic) what condition keep pushing the add and you'll probably get one. worth a try mate, got both mine from the wanted section on here.
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Put an email alert on eBay, got mine new for £500
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Cleansmart supply new not on their site so give them a call. Envirodri sometimes have ex demo machines that might be worth a shot.
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Cheers everybody for ideas.
Will try them all.
John
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Is this the same thing?
http://www.carecleanuk.com/shop/products/Gen-4-40cm-Carpet-Cleaning-Machine.html
John
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Yea, that's the one i bought - i got it direct from Envirodri - price was the same as that one. Gotta add VAT as well though. Not cheap but is absolutely superb - i've done jobs where that's all i've used and the carpets have looked fantastic.
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You mean you used with the dry method.
Is it like the Flexi 5 as in does it dry vac
as well?
John
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It has no vac, think what he means is you get jobs where the carpet looks clean after using it to agitate prespray.
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Sorry John, should have explained - as Dave said - after just agitating the prespray on some jobs it doesn;t look like it needs anything else doing.
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Sorry John, should have explained - as Dave said - after just agitating the prespray on some jobs it doesn;t look like it needs anything else doing.
That is very often the case - it looks good just after agitating.
this means the pre spray has done its job of breaking down the sticky soiling and the agitation has dispersed it into the carpet over a larger area.
Just waiting for the "washing" now, and as you can imagine if you can get deeper, as with a decent pressure, and suck up more, as with triple vac or Tm, then the cleaner and healthier the carpet will be.
General observations of course.
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if only john had an email or phone number or website as i know where theres one for sale but it won't last long.
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If only Derek checked my profile :)
John
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http://www.jandsccs.co.uk/ ??? ??? ???
oh think this may be it? http://www.cleanitup.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=123348.0
not a bad price
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John
Forgot to add John at careclean may have used ones ;)
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Cheers Len.
John
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If only Derek checked my profile :)
John
i did, no website and your email took me to msn ???
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Derek
Best to copy the e mail address and
paste it in your own e mail server.
Just put the website up, thought it
was already there.
Thanks for trying though.
John
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The Envirodri is a good machine but if you can afford it the Flexi 5 is a far better investment as it is a powerful pile lifter on the one hand and and super effective agitator on the other (and you don't invalidate your warranty agitating wet pre-sprays as you do on the Envirodri)
http://www.restormate.co.uk/Flexi-5-Carpet-Restorer
Simon
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Yes Simon the Flexi 5 is a bit more but does a lot more
too.
It says on the Envirodri website "after years of research
and development" it's 2 brushes spinning opposite ways
for goodness sake.
Won't be bothering with one at that price for 2 spinning
brushes.
John
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Have to agree with the Flexi 5 you defiantly get more for your money also against the tm4 just wondering is the vac motor covered on pre-spay? Oh I have a spare TM4 for sale (the ultimate Tonka toy) if the price is right £800quid no vat but open to offers above £850
John
Don’t read into it too much it’s all B.S ("after years of research
and development" another one is innovations) ;D ;)
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Len,
I got a Flexi 5 on demo for a while and thought it was crap as a pile lifter. Then I realised that the entire suction system, pipes, slots, curves were blocked up with lint. Whoever had it before me had been dry vaccing with it and kept the vac motor on when agitating wet prepsray and hence all the wet lint clogging up the works.
The vac motor isn't covered if you have it on when wet agitating, it it even say DRY VAC ONLY on the housing.
As soon as I got it working as it should, it quickly became apparent that it was a stunning piece of equipment that helps produce fantastic carpet cleaning.
Simon
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Yes I think for the money the Flexi 5 is the
way to go.
Are there any similar machines about?
John
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You can get the same thing from Carpetgard who make the machine, but are the same price.
Simon
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Thanks Simon didn’t think it was a wet vac, it wasn’t me I read every label ;)
John
Host freestyle is similar but doesn’t seem do what the Flexi 5 can with pre-spray and think it’s in the £3k+ bracket so the Flexi 5 is on the ball price wise. My tm4’s is about £1700 and it ant got a vac >:(
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Yes Len looked at the Host and as you say
£3k+, will have to go for Flexi.
Vacs up, pre spray down and agitated all in
one go.
John
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I Have an envirodri, replacement for long serving Host Freestyle (15+ service).
After 8 Months the plastic housing is cracked, and after 15 months pretty much disintegrated.
Matt @ Cleansmart told me there is a Host machine now available at around the £1300 mark......maybe worth a look :)
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I Have an envirodri, replacement for long serving Host Freestyle (15+ service).
After 8 Months the plastic housing is cracked, and after 15 months pretty much disintegrated.
Matt @ Cleansmart told me there is a Host machine now available at around the £1300 mark......maybe worth a look :)
Host brought out a "new" model about 2 years ago. I saw it at a NCCA Roadshow day in Shrewsbury in Sept 2009. It was on "special offer" that day for £1k, so £1300 would be about right. It didnt have the facility to hang a vac pod on it, so in essence it was more like an Envirodri. A set of brushes is about twice as much as a set for Envirodri though, so if you buy a new or 2nd hand Host do make sure you get the set of brushes you want or a bargain can soon be lost.